I think it works with the PJ and some of the others with the bursts. It definintely does not work on the short scales. Would it keep me from purchasing a new one? Not if it is one I am interested in.
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Hate the new SX headstock?
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I have not read the whole thread, so if someone else has already said this my apologies for repeating!
For the price you can't complain, but damn the new HS is Fugly...it just does not flow
The problem with HS designs is builders are limited...there is only so much you can do with that amount of surface area...if builder A's HS looks even somewhat similar to builder C's they get slapped with a lawsuit...I am sure that is probably what happened with SX and the reason for the change.
A friend of mine builds guitars, a blue jean company threatened to sue him because one of his guitars had the same name as their jeans...how silly is that? What do guitars have to do with blue jeans?
^I've heard that Mighty Might ones fit rather well. And I emailed Kurt a while back and he said that pretty much and SX neck will be able to fit into any SX body (so the P necks could go on a J body?)
i've heard that too, but when i measured two of my sx necks, they both came out around 2 3/8 heel width. if the mightymite is a 'licensed by fender' replacement, as they say they are, then they're going to have to be 2 1/2. can someone CONFIRM for us that a mightymite neck will fit on a full scale sx bass with little or no modification? thank you...
+1 to you, sir.
Also, it doesn't look all that much different from a Mike Lull to me. But then again I am still pretty new to these stringed instruments so I had to take a double look at the Lulls to see what the difference was.
In this thread: http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showthread.php?t=608070 warwick89 reshaped the headstock of a five stringer to a Fender-ish shape. I think the four string Ursa could be turned into a tele-bass shape without adding any additional wood (if one were so inclined).
In my recent thread, I was told that Mighty Mite necks will NOT fite SX bodies because SX neck pocket is WIDER than a Fender-licensed neck.
Probably just a difference in the necks. This is the one I have, it has inlays, tuners, and bindings that no other SX model has.
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i dont really like the new head stock. but hey, its not affecting the way it sounds. it'd attract me more if it were the old style. it reminds me of my 1985 peavey dyna bass headstock. im still going to buy a SX when i get my birthday money. im in love with the SX ursa P/J setup. 
I have a mighty Mite neck on a SX P bass body. It fit perfectly and is 110% better than the old SX neck I replaced it with. My SX neck had high and low spots all over the place.
I think that neck would look sweet on a "flying v" bass. Err...if I thought flying Vs were sweet, that is.
I used to hate Telecaster headstocks,I thought they were ugly...Now it's my favorite,I own a bunch of them.Preferences change over time.
Just cut the bottom stupid looking side of the headstock off straight (table saw) and glue on a piece of equal thickness. cut to shape and re-finish.
